Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-13
Na.ura, gas Las heen struck at Has

Natural gas ha5 heen struck az Has
sick's farm neas Pittshurg. Kansas.
A syniicate purchased the property
f,f 5000, aud pipes will be iaid 20
the city Immediately. Where the g g
will ne utilized in six z nc smeiters an6
other heltng purposes.
At Topeka those teachers represent
ing that portion If K nss. iyins east
Ut the western boundary of Cloud
and nnrta Of the south line Of Wan
bansee county. met in Representative
hall and Perfected aa organiz,si"n tu
he known as the N1rtheasteru Kansas
Teachers asa citation.
A new pr posed soad is t. run frc",
K.ns.s CITY To Wich;ta Cia E HpOria,
frorm Wichita to Kiu.man, and from
tina, pnnt e. the South western corner
ot Kansas. thence tIr'ugs No 'sans q
Land t. Albuquerque. At q point
east of Albuquerque a line will rum
west tu FL Pas0.
Prof. Shows weather report fnr
December saws: The oldest De
Gem Der since 1873: f,r. aIth .ugl, it's
+ mi ilimum temperature has been often
surpassed, its average temperatures
were unusually l,rN. There have been
but tWo colder Decent hers in the past
nineteen years. (Is72 and 1879.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Kansas State Historical Society will
be held in the hall If the house OF
representatives. at Topeka on Tuesday.
Jaauary 18th, 1887, for the election
of .iie third Of the members Of the
hoard Of directors. and the transaction
If such other business rs may come
before the meeting.
The commissioner Of the generl lard
office has nstifiel local land agents ia
Kansas to advise all parties making
appi cations IT, en!er lands heretofore
certified ID the State of Kansas for the
benefit OF tine Atchinson, Topeka L
Stnia Fe ratwty com p.ny, tnat suca
applications are wholly useless, a. M
prete ence Or other right eau thus be
acquired.
A Western Ktnsas journal says:
Real estate in Kansas is on a rise il
every county in the STATE. The de-
mani tor land is greater in the western
si,an in the eastern counties. There
are reas Us for this which are general
ly understood by land buyers. The
thousands Who will move INTO West
arn Kansas during the next four N Onihs
viii tend to keep prices mp.
LARSED. KAN, Jan. 8.-The snit
against the Atciiis N, Topeka and San
Ia Fe railroad brous ht in the district
cnurt here by ID vid Clark, ended To-
dav in a judgment for Clark for s62,-
900 worth If property destroyed by
fire and s15. 900 damages for the loss
OF his wife, who MAS burned at the
same time. The suit Of WIilirm Sly
ended in a j,d gment far $4,000 for
personai injiries. -Kassas City Times.
Referring TO educational progress in
Kansas, one onn of the speakers at the
meeting of the Safe Teachers Associ
alton, in Topeka, during the holidays,
sait: In 1863 there were in Kansas
594 teachers. T-d4y there is over
5000. L 1868 the,e in the State g.
800 school children. To day there are
485. .000. In 1863 the State of Kan
sa> spent for educational purposes s24,-
600. fo-say the a. hools Of Kansas
Cost the State S2,2l3, 900.
III race noE has fifty buildings and
twenty-three more contracted for.
We predicted last September tha thor
ace would have one hundred good,
substantial houses before the first of
March and at the rate she is building
at presen It viii exceed that number
by great dds. If you are coming
west and want To get into live town
you will do well to make n note of this.
Trains will he running into this town
next summer and # strangers wish to
view the curiositie2 at the old f,gy
summer resort oyer On the riverside
they can do so at slight expense as
hacks will make trips every half hour
each day during the heated term
G1lzdte.
4 letter Was written by the Comm is
siuner Oi the Geaeral Land Office few
days go IN relation to lands in west
erD Kansas WHICH have been certified
90 the Atehison, T"peka Il Santa Fe
Riiir'lad company. A report has been
circulated in western Kansas that the
lands now held by the A, 7 SIS. F.
rail 'oat, granted to thas company by
the government. would soon be su iect
t. sDtry. As result there has been
4 rush 10 the land office at Garien City
AMI Iarned by persons who desired 10
get oice piece of government land